Top 10 Economic Journals

1. American Economic Review

The original English name was "American Economic Review". It was founded in 1911 and is now one of the oldest and most respected economics professional journals in the American economics community. , is also recognized in the world as one of the most prestigious and authoritative top journals in the field of economics, playing an important role in leading and promoting the development of modern economics. The authors of many of these documents are Nobel Prize winners in economics. The journal was published quarterly in the early days and became bimonthly after 2011.

2. Econometrics

The original English name was "Econometrica". The journal was founded in 1933, which marked the official birth of econometrics as an independent discipline. The definition of econometrics clarified by Frisch, the founder of econometrics and winner of the first Nobel Prize in Economics, is still accepted by most scholars today. The journal has great influence in the fields of economics and finance and is recognized as an authoritative international economics journal.

3. Journal of Political Economy

The original English name was "Journal of Political Economy", referred to as "JPE". It was founded in 1892 and published by the University of Chicago Press. It is now the Journal of Economics It is an international core journal and top journal in the field, ranking among the top five of the world's top ten economic journals all year round; it mainly publishes high-level analysis, explanation and empirical research papers. This journal is now known as the five major economics journals along with the "American Economic Review, Econometrics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and Review of Economic Research" mentioned in this article, and is recognized as the world's top economic journal.

4. Quarterly Journal of Economics

The original English name was "Quarterly Journal of Economics". The journal is edited by the Department of Economics at Harvard University and published by Oxford University Press. It is one of the top international English-language academic journals with the longest history in economics. Its content covers all aspects of economic research, focusing on microeconomic theory to macroeconomic research based on experience and theory. In 2011, the journal's impact factor was 5.920, ranking second among 320 journals in the economics category.

5. Review of Economic Studies

The original English name was "Review of Economic Studies", referred to as "RES". It was founded in 1933 by a number of British and American economists to encourage economics. He conducts theoretical and applied economic research and is always committed to publishing excellent research papers in various fields of economics. The journal is now widely regarded as an authoritative international economics journal. Between 1949 and 2021, institutions in China published 14 papers in this journal, mainly from 9 universities: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Fudan University, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Peking University, etc.

6. Review of Economics and Statistics

The original English name is "Review of Economics and Statistics". It is sponsored by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. It has a history of hundreds of years and mainly publishes empirical economics. and articles on metrology applications. In China, the journal is already a Class A journal recognized by the School of Economics of Central University of Finance and Economics, an international Class A journal recognized by the School of Economics of Zhejiang University, and one of the 12 top international economics journals recognized by the Ministry of Education. In 2020, the journal impact factor reached 6.548.

7. Game Theory and Economic Behavior

The original English name is "Games and Economic Behavior". This is the world's top economic journal in the field of game theory. Research areas include but are not limited to game theory, economics, political science, biology, computer science, mathematics, psychology, etc. On June 18, 2021, Professor Hervé Moulin, the editor-in-chief of the journal, held an online lecture, and Chinese scholars had cordial exchanges with him.

8. Journal of Economic Theory

The original English name was "Journal of Economic Theory".

This is an internationally recognized top journal in the field of theoretical economics. It was founded in 1969 and publishes papers on topics including decision theory, mechanism design, monetary economics, macroeconomics, etc. The editor of CNPP learned that many Chinese scholars have published papers/research results in this journal, such as Professor Wang Pengfei of Peking University, Professor Sun Xiang of Wuhan University, Distinguished Professor Wenyi of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, etc.

9. Rand Journal of Economics

Originally known as "Rand Journal of Economics" in English, it is an international core journal in the field of industrial organization economics. It was founded in 1970 by Bell Laboratories of AT & T Company. It was named "Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science" at that time. In 1975, it was renamed "Bell Journal of Economics". In 1984, it was transferred to the RAND Corporation and changed to its current name. name. Its content covers the field of applied microeconomics and focuses on supporting and encouraging research on related topics in the field of industrial organization, including theoretical and empirical research.

10. European Economic Review

The original English name was "European Economic Review". Founded in 1969, it is one of the comprehensive economics journals with a relatively long history in Europe. It aims to become a comprehensive economic journal for all economics. Major publications on theoretical and empirical research in the field of science. The journal receives about 700 submissions every year, and the editor will issue editorial decisions in a timely manner. However, the average turnaround time for a first-time decision is about 60 days, and the acceptance rate is about 10. There is an out-of-pocket fee for submission.